Machine for wrapping pamphlets and the like.



PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

a SHEETS-SHEET 1.

RSOOTI. MACHINE FOR WRAPPING PAMPHLETS AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATiON FILED NOV.13, 1905.

zjZrwsaess No 828,630. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906. E. SCOTT.

MACHINE FOR WRAPPING PAMPHLETS AND THE LIKE.

APPLIGATI QN FILED NOV. 13. 1905.

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E. SCOTT;

MACHINE FOR WRAPPING PAMPHLETS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13. 1905.

s SHEETS-SHEET 34 anno sTA wENT OFF E ERNEST SooTT, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR or one-HALF To ERNEST R.,KERS1 =EN, or

MACHINE eon WRAPPI'YNG PAIVIPHLEITI'S AN THE'LIKEQ BOSTON, MASSAoHUSnrTs,

na's'aaeso.

, Specification of Letteri Patent.

Patented Au 14; race. I,

Application filed a emia 13. 1605. been Nb- 286,990.

To all whom it concern/.2

Be it known that I, ERNEST-SCOTT, a citizen of the United StatesoffAmerica, and a -resident of Boston,in the county of Suffolk wrappmg mandrels of; the machine shown in is a specification, reference being had to the 1 1 F-Figs. 5,56, and 7 show how-a aInp is wrapped by my im1proved ma'c e. ig. 8 is a detail described elowe My improved wrappin machinecomprises -a traveling carrier on wh1ch-is mounted a lurality of rotatable mandrels; In :the est form of my machine and as herein shown the carrier is intermittently operated so as to shift the mandrelssuccessively into position to receive the pamphlets and wrappers which mandrelafterthe pamphlet has been fed to" phlet or wrapper' and insuring perfect and .of the pamphlet is are fed to the mandrels while the carrier is'at' i This insures the accurate and positive rest. feeding of the pamphlet and wrapper and permits of operating the machine at a high rate of spee invention means is' provided to rotate eac it and while the carrier 1s at 'rest, so that after the pamphlet has been fed-to the mandrel it is wrapped before the carrier is-again shifted,

thereby avoiding displacement of the pam- The ma hine herein shown is rovided withfour mandrels 1*, 2,3, and 4, eac mounted at oneend inia' head or carrier 5, fixed. td a shaft 6. of the machine, carriesayheel 7 which is periodically rotated ninety degrees by a wheel 8, fixed to the constantly-running main shaft 9. Each-mandrel is hollow for a part f its length, and thishollow part is" made with a slot 10, open at one end.- Upon each mandrel is mounted loose sleeve or collar 11-, made with an annular grooye12, aaid col Also in the best form of mg Shaft 6, journaled at its endsin the frame.

number that each as; being ate who leaves lengthwise otthe mandrels, 4

' Fixed to'each mandrel is a pinion 62, and

these pinions are brought successivel into cooperative relation with. a 'mutilate 21, through whichthe mandrel's are rotated to wind t ereon the pamphlet and'its wra .er.-that is, each time one ofthe mandre s is brought into winding position ear 2i rosired extent to efiect the winding. and wraptates the pinion 62 of that mandr'e to the deping. The teeth on the gear 21' are of such a the same'position at the completion of the roe tary movement imparted to the mandrel that it occupied before that movement. In orderthat slot 10 will 'be in roperposition' to receive the pamphlet eac time the mandrel is brought into winding position, I provide a' the slots of the mandre sheifein comprises a.

tion of the mandrel 1 an against rotarymovement except-when gearv springressed lunger 63, mounted in head 5, WhlO norma 1y bears u on a flattened sec- 21 engages pinion 62.

As each. nion 62 comes into .006 erative relation wit gear 21, as above descri ed, the

mandrel of that pinion is at the same time brought into position under a hopper 13,

time'it engages one of the pinions .62 it turns-saidpiniona predeter- ;mined number of complete revolutions, so that slot lO of the mandrel willbe left in holds the latter holding the pamphletsto' bewrapped, and

while each mandrel is in this (positiona pamphlet is fed from the hopper ownwardly until the lower end of the'pamphlet entersthe slot-10 of the mandrel as'ln Fig.- 5. a The mandrel is then rotated. y the. gear'21," there the pamphlet to be wound there-' igs. 6 and 7 but before-the winding completed the end of a wrapper 14 1s presented to the mandrel under the pamphlet, as shown Fig. 6, after which said wrap or is'wound onto t mandrel with the pamp ct, I s The wrapper, however, is ofby causin on as in such'length that when the winding 0 erationf is completed, as shownin Fig. 7, t eouter to the "preceding" convolution ofthe wrapper. The means for feedin the. pamphlets into slide 15, mounted upon the inside of t e hop- KOO :end of the wrapper extends beyondthe outer. end of the pamphlet, so that it canbe pasted per and provided. at its upper end with a shoulder 16 to engage the top edge of the endmandrel, partly y the lower end of the slide p and partly 15 v-ide or. .25.

" its other .endina head fixed to shaft .6. Thl$l6$$fl1hfdlll held yieldingly against its r so that as the operation proceeds the mandrel aud wrapped further rotary moves from hopper 13 and into coopc fativerelation a slide-.31, mounted on apain of rods 32, fixed "This slide 31 carries upon: its under side a camvrollengaged by a cam 34.011 a shaft 35. I Shaiit 35 carxiesawheel '36-, connected by a bfilttorchain fi'? with a wheel; 38 onmain in-enga ement-therewith dumn the-interval j wei ht 17 I arm of a bell-crank lever 19, actuated'by ,a.

- .ouslyrot'ated through spur-gears 23 and 24 from main shaft 9., During the downward .gaiding function.

phlet-fnomthe. mandrel. .Alsoduring :this doffingo oration-the presserqoll 26 is moyed pamphlet,- the'painphlets in the ho "per being ed up to the side by any suita e means, that herein shown consisting of a shifting S ide 15 is connectedby-a linh'18'with one cam-groove in the side-of'gear21. The gear 21 is fixedto a shaft 22, that is continu' of slide 15 thelower end of feeding movement 7 ided into the-slotlO of the the pamphlet is ,bya guide 25 -depending'from thebottom 0 ho, per 13- This guide 25 is herein made-in t e form of a spring, because its lower end normally lies in the path of themandrels, and" therefore should becapable of yieldingto-allow' the latter to-pass it, While-at the same time it is stifli enough to perform its In order to have the pamphlet wound closel J uppn the-mandrel,= as wellas to proorcing thepasted end of thew-re per: firmly. into place, I- rovidealong e each .mandrel-a presser ro 26 journaledat one end in one-arm of-abell-crank 27 and at; its other end insanlarm- 28,-lever: 27 and arm. '28 both'heingfix d to-a rock-shaft .29, journaled: at one-end iIi-heador carrier :5 and at m n. rel bye springBO, mounted in head 5,

pamphlet! asses between the mandrel and pnesser-r-o ,and as the winding. s completed the-.pastediend; of-thewra per is rclledvdoWn ontothe precedingconv ution of the-wrapper, as inE-ig. 7.

. Aftena pamphlet has beenwound uponthe ment of shaft '6 carries the mandrel away with a dofier for. removing the wrapped pamand hel out of contact with the pamphleti- The-doffi'ngmeans hereinshown comprises at. their ends 'inthe frame ofthemachine.

. Slide- 311smade with a'blade 39,-and northereon is brought into; cooperative I relationw th shd'e'31 theblade BQ-entersth'e groove, 12 of the collar 1 1 of the mandrel: and remainsoftilmeetween movements of's after Durs collar 11 from one'end of the mandrel to the other and back again, thereby causing the collar 11 to shove the wrapped pamphlet off the free end of the mandrel.

As shown in Fig. 1, the free arms of the bell-cranks 27 extend radially from head 5, and in the path of these'arms is a pin 40.

projecting from a bracket 41, fixed to rods 32.

Pin 40 occupies such a position that as a mandrel comes into cooperative relation with slide 31 the projecting arm of its bell-crank -27 engaies said pin, and thereby the presserrollis s ifted' away-from the pamphlet and held out of engagement therewith during the doffing operation.

The wrappers for the pamphlets may be supplied-to the mandrels in anydesirable shape and manner; but herein 1 have pro vided a webof Wrappingepaper 42, supplied from a roll 43. The end of this web extends fromroll 43 over a roll 44 and a table 45-to a' air of feed-rolls 46 and 47 by which the ront end of the Web is advanced to thermalldrelat the proper timeduring the operationof the machine. 'After a predetermined length of the front .end ofweb 42 has been fed forward that lengthis severed from theweb by a pair ofknives 48 and 49, and the rear end .of the severed section is pasted by' a paste-applying roll 50, which is raised against the under side of said section. at the'proper moment. The feed-roll 46 is fixed to-a shaft'51; jour-- naled on-the frame of the machine and-carry ing a pinion 52, constantly driven by'a gear 53, fixed to shaft 22. The feed-roll47 is on a shaft 54, journaled at itsends in aframe 55, pivoted at 56 to the-frameof themachine;

This frame-carries a pair-of cam rolls-resting on apair of cams 57, fixed to-shaft 22. These cams 57 act to lift fr'a'me55andiroll47 to stop the feed of web 42 andrto lower-said frame and roll toefiect the feed ofsaid 5 web. Thatis, normally roll 47 is held out of cooperative relation with roll. 46; but when the web is to be advanced-tothemandrel roll 47 is lowered ontothe'web, Which-is them propplled forward by roll 46re knife 49 is fixed to the frame cfwtha .machine, whilethe knife-48 is mounted on IIO' frame 55, so that when the latter is lifted to carry roll-47 away-frpm roll 46 knife-48 is also lifted and in crossing the .path of' the web severe the latter;

The pasteapply ing.roll '50- is journaledat.

each'endin anarm 58, also pivoted at 56 and ed to shaft 22. Normally roll50-rests a cam-roll arranged above ai-cam upon a drum 60., fixed to shaft 9 and partly submerged in a paste-holding vessel-61', fixed to the frame of: the machines. When the rear end of the-severed section oftheQweh, or; in-

other words, the wrapper; is to be pasted the cams 59=aot, throughjarms 58,150 ra'iseroll-hfi 65 ing this time the-0.811134 shifts slide-.31 and into engagement with the wrapper.-

pers and pamphlets are fed;

essential to my invention, since if it be desired to wra the pamphlets into more or less flattened undles and creases and folds are not objectionable, which may sometimes be the case, thenthe shape of the mandrel can be modified to suit such cases. I do not limit myself, either, to the particular details of construction herein set forth, as these may be widely varied without departing from. my invention.

What I claim is 1. In combination,a traveling mandrel-,

carrier a plurality of rotatable mandrels mounted on the carrier to which the wrapmeans to automatically actuate the carrier step by step so as to shift the mandrels successively into re ceivin position; means to feed a wra per to each mandrel after a pamphlet has een partly wound thereon and while the carrier is at rest, and means to rotate the mandrels while the wrapper is being fed to it.

2. In combination, a traveling mandrelcarrier; a plurality of rotatable mandrels mounted on thecarrier to which the wrappers and pamphlets are'fed means to automatically actuate the carrier step' bystep so as, to shift the mandrels successively into receivin position; means to feed a pamphlet to eac mandrel whilethe carrier is at rest; means to feed a Wrapper to each mandrel after the pamphlet'has been partly wound thereon and while the-carrier is at rest, and means to rotate each mandrel after thepam phlethas been fed to it and while the Wrapper is being fed to it.

3. In combination, a traveling mandrelcarrier; a plurality of. rotatable mandrels mounted on the carrier; means to intermittently actuate the carrier so as to shift the mandrels successively into receiving posi tion; means to deliver a pamphlet and a Wrapper to each mandrel when shifted into receiving position and while the carrier is at rest, an the pamphlet has been fed to it and While the carrier is at rest.

{1. A traveling mandrel-carrier a plurality of rotatable mandrels mounted on the carrier; means to intermittently actuate the carrier; a pamphlet-holder to which the mandrels are successively presented and from which the pamphlets are delivered to the mandrels while the carrier is at rest, and means to rotateeach. mandrel when presented to the pamphlet-holder and while the car:-

means to rotate each mandrel after rieris at rest so as to wind the pamphlet thereon.

5. A traveling mandrel-carrier; a plurality of rotatable mandrels mounted on the carrier; means to intermittently actuate the carrier; means for delivering the pamphlets to the mandrels while the carrier is at rest, and means to rotate each mandrel when presented to the pamphlet-delivering means and while the carrier is at rest.

. 6. A traveling mandrel-carrier; a plurality of rotatable mandrels mounted on the carrier; means to intermittently actuate the carrier; means to automatically deliver the pamphlets to the mandrels while the carrier is at rest, and means torotate each mandrel when presented to the pamphlet-delivering means and while the carrier is at rest.

7. A traveling mandrel-carrier a plurality 'of rotatable mandrels mounted on the carrier; means to intermittently actuate the carrier; jmeans to deliver the pamphlets and their wrappers to the mandrels while the carrier is at rest, and means to rotate each mandrel when presented to the pamphlet and wrapper delivering means and while the carrier is at rest.

8. A traveling mandrel-carrier a plurality of rotatable mandrels mounted on the car- T161; means to intermittently actuate the carrier ;.a pamphlet-holder from, which the pamphlets are delivered to .the mandrels while the carrier is at rest; means to doff the Wrapped pamphletsrfrom the mandrels after the latter have been shifted away fromth'e holder and whilethe carrier is .at rest, and means to rotate each mandrel when presented to the pamphlet-holder and While the car- 'rier is at rest.

9. A traveling mandrel-carrier; a plurality of rotatable mandrels mounted on the carrierymeans to intermittently actuate the carrier; means to deliver the pamphlets and their wrappers to the mandrels while the carrier is at rest; means to dofl the wrapped pamphlets from the mandrels and means to rotate each mandrel when presented to the pamphletand wrapper delivering means and while the carrier is at rest.

10. In combination, a traveling mandrelcarrier; a plurality of rotatable mandrels mounted on the carrier means to actuate the carrier; means to deliver the pamphlets and their wrappers to the mandrels, and

means independent of the movement of' the carrier for rotating the mandrels, sulostantially as described.

i 11. A traveling mandrel-carrier; a plural; ity of rotatable mandrels mounted onthe carrier each adapted to enga 'e the end of a pamphlet or the like; a plura ity of movable pressers mounted on the carrier eacn bearing yieldingly uponone of the mandrels a pamphlet-holder from which the pamphlets are delivered to the mandrels; means to dofi the wrapped pamphlets from the mandrels; i move and hold each means to intermittently actuate the carrier respective mandrel w so as .to present the mandrels successively phlet is being doffed. first to the pamphlet-holder and then to} 5 the dofiing means; means to rotate each man- 'drel when presented to the pamphlet-holder and While the carrier is at rest and means to f Witnesses presser away from its GEORGE H. REED, MILAN F. STEVENS. 

